Senior Software Development Engineer

Description:
Hybrid 2-3 days onsite in San Diego, CA

Our client seeks a Senior Software Development Engineer to design, develop, test, and integrate cross-platform applications in a secure Agile environment. The role focuses on C++ and Qt/QML on Linux with SQLite, UI development for embedded and mobile contexts, and integration across C++, C, and Python modules. The engineer will contribute across the software development life cycle, apply secure coding and TDD practices, and collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to deliver maintainable, reliable, and performant software. Work will include configuration management, CI, and adherence to compliance and STIG standards on government programs.

Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a United States Citizen with an active Secret clearance. Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $80.00 to $90.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, troubleshoot, and debug software for enhancements and new software-intensive systems and products.
• Analyze software requirements and hardware compatibility across Linux and Android environments.
• Implement cross-platform UI using Qt/QML and contribute to embedded and mobile UI development.
• Integrate modules and libraries across C++, C, and Python with SQLite persistence.
• Apply secure software development practices, including TDD, CI, test automation, and refactoring.
• Develop maintainable, efficient, reliable, understandable, secure, and fault-tolerant code using object-oriented and functional principles.
• Support configuration management and interface requirements for APIs and host systems, including virtualized, containerized, or hardware targets.
• Collaborate in an Agile Scrum environment with UI/UX, systems, information assurance, and QA teams.
• Influence solution design and engineering approaches across multiple technical areas.

Experience Requirements:

• Active Secret DoD security clearance.
• 8+ years of experience developing for Linux/Unix operating systems.
• Excellent coding abilities and extensive experience with C++.
• Experience with CMake and Bash scripting.
• Proven experience designing and implementing UIs for embedded applications or mobile devices using cross-platform tools and modern UI design.
• Experience structuring software to separate presentation, business logic, and persistence.
• Experience with Android application platforms and Qt (5+ years preferred) (preferred).
• Experience in Scrum or other Agile practices (preferred).
• Mobile application development experience (preferred).
• Experience with software configuration management tools such as Subversion, Git, GitLab, or GitHub (preferred).
• Experience with UI/UX development frameworks such as Qt, Android, AngularJS, Ionic, GWT, SmartGWT, React, or Node.js (preferred).
• Experience with Agile management tools such as VersionOne, JIRA, or Rally (preferred).
• Experience with automated testing tools and concepts such as Squish for Qt, TDD, Selenium, Cucumber, Gherkin, or BDD (preferred).
• Experience with formalized API development methodologies such as OpenAPI 3.0 (preferred).
• Experience with Docker (preferred).
• Experience with C or Python (preferred).
• Experience with Java (preferred).

Education Requirements:

• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• MS in a technical domain (preferred).
• Doctorate in a technical domain (preferred).